Oklahoma · Census place 4023700

El Reno, Oklahoma

El Reno is a city in Canadian County, Oklahoma with an estimated 20,041 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 28th largest of 212 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,041
#28 of 212 in Oklahoma
Change since 2020
+17.0%
+2,910 people
Land area
79.6 sq mi
+ 0.60 sq mi water
Density
252 / sq mi
State median 896
Orange pin: El Reno. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Oklahoma City.

El Reno population, 2020 to 2024

El Reno added 2,910 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.0%. In the latest year it moved by +783. Among 75 Oklahoma places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +2.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Oklahoma has 12,358 people, so El Reno is 1.6 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,993. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

El Reno covers 79.58 square miles of land and 0.60 of water, for 252 people per square mile of land. The median Oklahoma place of 5,000+ has 896, so El Reno is less dense than the typical town.

What county El Reno is in

All of El Reno's residents live in Canadian County, which had 181,760 residents in 2024. El Reno holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in El Reno

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap El Reno by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 73014, 73022, 73036. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where El Reno is

The Census internal point of El Reno is at 35.541800, -97.961300. Oklahoma City, the capital, is 26.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yukon, OK (27,068 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Oklahoma City, OK, 25.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.541800, -97.961300
DMS
35°32'30.48"N 97°57'40.68"W
UTM
14N 594155.8E 3933625.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
8674G2RQ+PF

Daylight in El Reno

At 35.54° N, El Reno gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near El Reno

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Oklahoma, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 10.3 miles away, with 2,075 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of El Reno, OK?

20,041 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,910 (17.0%) from 17,131 in July 2020.

What county is El Reno in?

Canadian County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover El Reno?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 73014, 73022, 73036.

How far is El Reno from Oklahoma City?

26.0 miles (41.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from El Reno.

What is the nearest larger city to El Reno?

Yukon, OK, with 27,068 residents, 11.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.